<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 36-146. - Penalty.</div>
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               (a)
               
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               If the development ordinance enforcement officer finds that any of the provisions
               of this article are being violated, he shall notify in writing the person responsible
               for the violation, indicating the nature of the violation and ordering the action
               necessary to correct it.
               
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               (b)
               
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               When a complaint is reviewed and found to be valid, a stop-work notice will be posted
               on the site and a certified letter will be sent to the violator in question within
               ten days from the Ocracoke development ordinance enforcement officer.
               
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               (c)
               
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               Under G.S. 153A-123 any person found in violation of this article shall be charged
               with a fine of $50.00, per day. Each day the violation exists will be a separate offense
               and an additional $50.00, per day, will be assessed the violator.
               
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               (d)
               
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               Violations of this article shall be a misdemeanor under G.S. 14-4 and each day the
               violation continues shall be a separate offense.
               
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               (e)
               
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               Notwithstanding the criminal penalties, the county may institute a civil action against
               the offender seeking enforcement by appropriate equitable remedy, injunction and order
               of abatement or by any remedy authorized by G.S. 153A-123, as amended.
               
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